Susie's Work Log

PRODUCTION

Friday, March 25, 2011

-Watched some reference videos to get some ideas flowing about the way I'm going to make the characters look.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqWplmxQiGE&feature=player_embedded#at=31 . (something like this)

-Made a seperate folder in my home drive for the pictures I might need/use to get insipration or to trace for my video
- Found about 5 different pictures to get some ideas for my first scene in the classroom.

For tuesday:
-finish finding the reference pictures for the first scene
-finish the second scene (only find a picture of a school and a backpack)

Sunday, March 27, 2011

- Finished finding the reference pictures for the first scene as well as the second scene at home

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

- Decided, that for scene 3, the houses in the background will be drawn by me. I do not need a reference for that
-Found the reference pictures for scene 4- couch, t.v, stairs
-Found reference pictures for scene 5,6,7 and 8
-Deicided that scene 9 will all be drawn by me from memory
-Scenes 10,11 and 12 will use the references from other scenes
-Found the pictures for scene 13

Monday, April 4, 2011
-Started flash animation
-Worked on the title screen and the first scene
-Finished the entrance of the titles, and almost finished the background of the first scene

Tuesday, April 5, 2011
-Found pictures for last few scenes ( posted here), as well as potential ideas for the characters

(well)
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/8589688/2/istockphoto_8589688-cartoon-water-well.jpg

(houses- poor village)
http://www.toonpool.com/user/2063/files/africa_village_271005.jpg

(potential boys)
http://lmnopreschool.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/cartoon_boy.25674847_std.jpg
http://www.people-clipart.com/people_clipart_images/happy_little_boy_stick_kid_0515-1003-3016-3508_SMU.jpg
http://www.54beans.com/portfolio/graphics/teen.gif (hair)
(crouched)
http://www.clipartguide.com/_thumbs/0060-0502-1113-5335.jpg

(potential moms)
http://www.vectorstock.com/composite/75285/doodle-sale-girl-vector.jpg

(girls)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/4603959787_d10bba6de5.jpg

(basket)
http://www.vectorjunky.com/gallery/w/Worm-in-Apple-Basket.jpg

(board eraser)
http://images.doba.com/products/1701/SAN81505_1_2.JPG

(chalk)
http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/1538/PreviewComp/SuperStock_1538R-50040.jpg

Wednesday, April 6, 2011
-worked on the flow of the animation- problems with fade in/out from the title page to the begining of the movie, as well as the speed of the words in teh title page.

Friday, April 8, 2011
- Decided I am going to restart my animation because this animation has too many problems with it
-Got the fade in/out right, completely finished the title scenes
-Working on the first scene. Problems with fading in/out objects such as words and my background

Tuesday, April 12, 2011
-Was not here because of keep the beat
-At home, worked on the drawings of my characters
-Found different possiblities for the kids and the mom

Thursday, April 14, 2011
-Restarted my entire project because when I opened it, it didn't save properly and most of my work was gone
-Finished the intro

Monday, April 18, 2011
-Continued my background for the second scene
-finished the bigger parts of the background in the school

Wednesday, April 20, 2011
-Continued to work on my second scene
-finished the background for scene 2
-started working on the children

Tuesday, April 26, 2011
- Finished work on my second scene
- Finished scene 3